The Visual Transitivity System in Two ELT Books Series

The present study aims to investigate the system of the visual transitivity by analyzing the images of American English file (۲۰۱۴) and Cutting edge (۲۰۰۵) series based on Halliday’s (۱۹۷۶) systemic functional linguistics and Kress and van leuween’s (۱۹۹۷-۲۰۰۶) social semiotics. The system of visual transitivity refers to a type of process which determines how represented participants are labelled, how many of them are involved, and what roles they play. As a result, two points emerged: The first point showed the usefulness of these theories in determining the fact that these images are not neutral. In the second place, the analyses of these images determined many processes (e.g., action, reaction, and symbolic) and (e.g., material, mental, and relational) which were required in representing and interpreting these images and their processes.

Keywords:

Visual Transitivity , Systemic Functional Theory , Social Semiotics Theory , Visual Grammar